Modern Animal
Fossil Animal


Pandemonium
Diabolus Panda

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After the extinct of Giant Panda, it was about 2 million years later until scientists found the evolved Giant Panda, known as Pandemonium. It is now one of the largest type of bear alive. It can grow up to 2meters long and weight about 400 pounds. It can also walk up straight and they are meat eaters.

Scientific Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Ursidae
Genus
Ursidae
Species
A. melanoleuca
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Labelled Diagram : By Chris Cheng

Habitat
The extinct Giant Panda had evolved in to Pandemonium . They are now extended and no long an endangered animal. They are spread around Asia and some parts of Australia. Now their food resources are not only depending on bamboos but also fruits and meats. They are developed bigger and stronger which they could walk with two legs upright.
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Habitat of Pandemonium

The habitat of Pandemonium are mainly forest and jungle, they are now stronger and faster which they could hunt down animals for food but not only bamboos. However they continue live in high mountains areas due to the development of fur. They are now hibernating during winter as they could absorb and store more food to prepare the cold in winter.
Most of the Pandemonium population spread around southern China and northern China. However, the habitat they could fit in is decreasing as human are expanding their territories. Thousands of species and tress had been destroyed and Pandemonium are forced back to in northern China rather than southern and eastern China.
external image rainforest1.jpg They developed to eat more food as bamboo forests are destroyed and there is no more bamboo left.
The habitat must be cool and wet; the huge amount of fur would not affect Pandemonium during summer as the fur could prevent them from getting heat stroke. They would climb up trees for fruit or hunt for food during night time and go back to its caveat in the normal. They are now work together and live together inside caves.

Habitat of Pandemonium : Source from http://naturescrusaders.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/60370-tropical-rain-forest.jpg
Habitat of Pandemonium : Source from http://naturescrusaders.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/60370-tropical-rain-forest.jpg

Structural Adaptation One
Long and sharper teeth and claws
As the old Giant Panda had been extinct, there are no more bamboos left to the earth due to the rise of the temperature. Pandemonium had no choice but evolved to meat eaters. However they are not an enemy to human. They only do eat wild boar and animals that are smaller than them. In order to hunt down their food resources, they had longer and sharper claws then the extinct Giant Panda, which is use for grabbing and stabbing the animals. They had sharp teeth which are used to tear off the meat and eat it. Also the claws the sharp teeth will protect themselves from the enemy. They also use the advantage of have sharp and long claws to climb on trees faster with their massive body size to escape from the enemy.

Structural Adaptation Two
Walk up straight
Pandemonium’s leg are built stronger and will be able to support their whole body weight. It is different from the extinct giant panda where they are normally walked with both hands and legs. However as they had developed furthermore which they are now able to walk up straight with their strong legs muscles to support their body weight. They are now able to run faster due to the legs and will able to capture other animals quicker for food. They are also able to climb trees easily. Due to their massive body size, their legs contains a lot of strong muscles to support and their foot are triple size of humans, they are now one of the largest living bear on earth after black bear. On Pandemonium’s feet there are nails which are sharp and long. It is use for grabbing and holding on the trees and ground. As their living habitat is humid, they could stand up straight easily without getting slipped and fall. The environment had caused them to change as they are no longer vegetarian, they will need more power and speed in order to find food and survive.

Behavioral Adaptation one
Group together and live together
Pandemoniums lived together and work together as a group. They are now lived together in a cave and hunt food together. When Pandemonium had their target, their whole group would work and surround the target. One of the Pandemoniums will go for the attack and the others will back up and help. They sleep for the whole day and start hunting for food at night. They will work as a team and catch the animal. They would normally aim for a larger animal like yak and Domestic Pig and attack at the same time by using their claws and sharp teeth, forcing the target to bleed to death. Then they will drag the food back to their cave and share it between each other. During winter, before they hibernate, they will gather food and save it during the winter, and then they will stay in the cave during November till March. Pandemonium are different from the extinct Giant Panda as they are more developed and work together, they have enough nutrients to let them hibernate and survive in the cold weather. The environment had changed which forced Pandemonium to live together and work together in order to survive.

Behavioral Adaptation two
Communication
As Pandemonium is grouped animal, their communication is really important in order to hunt food and work together. Scientist discover that Pandemonium is communication is very similar to the extinct Giant Panda, they communicate with each other by using scent marks and calls. They can make 56 different calls which represent different things. When they are hunting, they will use special calls which are very high pitched like Dolphin and communicate what they are going to do. Unlike the Giant Pandas who mostly live themselves, Pandemonium is more developed and could communicate and work as a team. They also use scent marks to show their territory and if any invaders come in, the scent marks could alarm them to stay away from their territory. The Pandemonium use communication to alert other to escape from getting attack by other species and so they work together and live together.

Physiological Adaption One
Better digestive system
Unlike the extinct Giant Panda, Pandemonium has a good digestive system which they could now absorb meat and could get all the nutrients from it. They have evolved from vegetarian to meat eaters in order to survive due to the lack of bamboos and vegetation left in the world. They can now store enough nutrients to hibernate during winter and could survive without eating anything for 3months. They could also store the food and absorb it slowly until they found new food, this could keep them healthy and survive longer. The environment had changed which gives pressure to the Giant Panda to evolve to meat eaters. Pandemonium is no longer a endanger animal as they could survive longer and group together for protecting themselves.

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